The village also lost men during the Second World War who are comemorated on a Memorial Panel on the wall of St Andrew's Church. The men remembered are: (Click on the blue names for a biography of each man)
Name | Rank | Serv. No. | Battalion | Died |
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Cyril Baldry | Private | 5827169 | 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment | 22/09/1943 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand |
Reginald Bentham | Signalman | 2598246 | Royal Corps of Signals, 11th Armoured Division | 02/05/1945 Hamburg Cemetery |
William Brown | Aircraftsman 2nd Class | 1447486 | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 01/02/1943 Malta Memorial |
Leslie Buckett | Leading Stoker | C/KX88741RN | HMS Cornwall, Royal Navy | 05/04/1942 Chatham Naval Memorial |
Arthur Dickerson | Private | 5828008 | 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment | 14/02/1942 Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore |
Frank Firman | Third Officer | SS Kirnwood, Mercantile Marine | 11/08/1940 Tower Hill Memorial | |
Edward Miller | Lieutenant | 226603 | 5th Battallion East Yorkshire Regiment | 25/19/1942 Alamein War Memorial, Egypt |
Robert Pyke | Private | 5827068 | 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment | 17/01/1944 Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand |
Arthur Simpkin | Private | 5837441 | 5th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt | 28/11/1942 Sangaro River War Cemetery, Italy |
Roy Thompson | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX66023 | HM Submarine Regent, Royal Navy | 01/05/1943 Plymouth Naval Memorial |
John Ward | Warrant Officer Class II | 815162 | 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | 03/01/1944 Ancona War Cemetery, Italy |
Harold Webb | Private | T/58297 | Royal Army Service Corps | 29/05/1940 Dunkirk Memorial, France |